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Peer reviewedLindauer, Shelley L. Knudsen – Children's Literature in Education, 1988
Argues that wordless books allow prereading children to create their own stories, enhance vocabulary acquisition, help children develop "top to bottom" and "right to left" concepts, and promote observation, sequential, visual, and inferential thinking. Describes several ways to use wordless books. Includes bibliography of 36…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading
Peer reviewedStrehle, Elizabeth – Children's Literature in Education, 1999
Considers how teachers can use their classrooms to prepare students to respond to a diversity of social concerns in this world. Discusses how teachers can help children see the connections between learning and their life experiences. Presents two children's picture books that reflect social issues, "Way Home" by Libby Hathorn, and "Smoky Night" by…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSipe, Lawrence R. – Children's Literature in Education, 2000
Examines and describes the intertextual connections made by young children in several primary classrooms in order to identify (1) the interpretive moves afforded by these connections, and (2) how these connections developed the children's literary understanding. Outlines some approaches to the topic of intertextuality and relative research. Draws…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Illustrations, Picture Books
